New law makes to-go, delivery alcohol permanent in Colorado
Colorado eating places can proceed delivering and promoting to-go alcohol underneath a brand new regulation handed by the legislature this yr, enshrining a pandemic-era lifeline into the state’s eating tradition.
Gov. Jared Polis initially — and briefly — accredited supply and to-go alcohol through an govt order after the pandemic started 4 years in the past, providing a lift to eating places struggling amid shutdowns and COVID-era restrictions.
The following yr, lawmakers prolonged the change however set it to run out in July 2025.
That expiration is not any extra. Beneath Senate Invoice 20, the choice is now everlasting. Polis signed the invoice late final week. It was sponsored by Democratic Sens. Dylan Roberts and Nick Hinrichsen, together with Democratic Rep. William Lindstedt and Home Minority Chief Rose Pugliese.
Roberts instructed fellow lawmakers in February that just about 1,900 eating places have obtained to-go alcohol permits, a quantity that he mentioned accounts for 90% of the state’s eateries.
The everlasting extension doesn’t change any of the present guidelines for to-go booze. Alcohol can solely be ordered together with meals and is proscribed to 2 bottles of wine, 12 cans of beer or one liter of spirits.
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